Tobacco-pipe.



A. H. STRONG.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9, I9I4. l

Patented Feb. I., 1916.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFeb. 1, 1916.

Appucauon mediamente 1a, 1914. serial No. 872,997.

,To all @einem t may concer/n Beit known that I, Anania H. STRONG, asubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at WestBrighton,

county of Richmond, and State of New York, have invented a certainnewand useful Improvement in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is aspecication.

The present invention relates to tobacco pipes and .the object .ofmyinvention is to A provide a pipe ofnovelconstruction, having amongother features of advantage, a bowl lining of novel character whichserves to' ameliorate the unpleasant flavor of the pipe when new, and byreason of its ready removability and its inherent characteristics,facilitates the effective cleaning of the pipe.

In the accompanying drawings, F igure'l is a longitudinal sectionthrough a pipe in which my invention is embodied 1n one form; Fig. 2 isa dropped and broken perspective ofthe elementswhich form the pipe bowl;and Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank from which the absorbent wafer isformed.

As is well known to smokers, the ordinary wooden-bowl pipe isobjectionable when new by reason of the unpleasant fumes which are givenoff by the wood of the pipe bowl when the pipe is first smoked. It isnot until the pipe has been well aged or broken in and the 'interior ofthe pipe bowl substantially carbonized and the surfaces of the passagesthrough which the smoke is led to the mouth piece impregnated by smokeor tobacco juices, that comfortable enjoyment ,of the pipe is attained.To obviate this y'defeet I now proposeto provide the bowl withthoroughly cleaned without dangery of injury to the crust and yet at thesame time is absorbent of the tobacco juices and con.

sequentlyfull flavored. `Preferably the lining is so secured in positionas to be readily removable for cleaning or renewal.

In the form here shown the present pipe comprises a bowl portion 5 withan oifset stem 6 longitudinally bored to receive the mouth piece 7,through the assage 8 `in which communication is esta lished with thewell 9 at the bottom of the bowl. The interior of the bowl is bored'outthrough the major part of its depth to abnormal diameter at 10 leavinghowever a shoulder 11 in the lower portion thereof to Vform a seat.l

Upon the latter rests a metallic disk 12 perforated to permit the assageof smoke therethrough. A cylindrlcal section ofcarbon tubing 13 restsupon. the upper face of the disk 12 and forms a lining for practicallythe entire depth of the bowl. It is held in position by a screw cap 14,the central aperture of which. is substantiallyv identical in diameterwith the internal diameter of the tube section 13. The shoulder 15 ofthe screw cap rests upon the upper end of the'tube 13 and the threadedengagement 16 between the-pipe bowl 5 and thescrew cap 14 enables thelatter to bescrewed down with aclamping action upon the carbon 13 sothat the latter is held in position.

The internal diameter of the recess 10 in the pipe bowl preferablyexceeds the overall diameter of the carbon tube 13 and thusv :this spacethe tube would soon become practicall cemented to the pipe bowl by thepermeating sticky juices o the tobacco and thus .prevent-the'readyremoval of the tube for cleaning. Positioning offsets 18, 19, may beprovided however to engage the tube snugly at top and bottom and thushold the same accurately in register with the central aperture in thescrew` cap and the walls of the well 9. i

I have found it advantageous to provide an absorbent in the'well 9 'anda convenient form of this is shown in the wafer 20 located beneath thescreen 12. This wafer 20 may not only serve to take up the nicotin fromthe tobacco, but also may act as a vehicle for an antiseptic, a perfumeor flavoring matter adapted to be freed under the conditions existingwhen the pipe is smoked. As here shown the wafer 20 is shaped as a diskof less diameter than the interior of the well but underlying the holesin the screen 12 and supported through downwardly struck legs 21 whichrest in the bottom of the well. The wafer 19 may be readily thrown outand replaced after the cap 14 is unscrewed and the tube 13 and screen12lifted out.

The pipe is particularly useful in connection with tobacco which ismarketed in cartridge form so that a charge. may be bodily inserted inthe pipe bowl ready for smoking. Such cartridges cannot ordi- ,narilybevused., since the inner face of the pipe bowl soon becomes roughened'and more or vless irregular by reason of the charring and caking of theburnt rtobacco against the sides of the pipe bowl and thi's crust cannotbe removed 'without aiecting, the flavor of the pipe. The present pipebowl may be scrapedy clean readily and Without injury to` the flavor ofthe pipe, so that its inner face is kept .Smooth and l`'perfectlycylindrical. Tho tobacco cartridges may be slipped easil into positionthereinand the screen 12 'a fords a bottom against which the cartridgemay be firmly pressed down vwhile at the same time preventing its entryinto the pipe well 9 and thus the clogging ofthe draft passage 8 leadingto the mouth piece.

In the particular ipe here shown I have made the stem straig t so thatcore 22 of the mouth piece 7 may be extended completely to the well'9 ofthe pipe bowl. This prevents the leakage of the tobacco juices at thejoint 23 between the pipe stein and thethis may be done economically,since the tube sections can be produced as a standard article at verylow cost.

I claim as my invention i- 1. A tobacco pipe having a bowl portion,

a removable carbon tube section forming a liningtherefor, and aretainlng cap overlying said tube 'section and engaging said pipe bowlto hold said lining in position therein,

said -tube section being spaced from the surrounding walls of the bowlthroughout at' least the major portion of its depth.v

2. A tobacco pipe having a wooden bowl portion shouldered adjacent thebottom of the bowl well, a screen supported on said shoulder, a tubularcarbon Alining resting freely at its lower end on said screen, andawooden retalning ring shouldered on lts 1nner face to engage the upperend of said tubular linn and having a threaded engagement with the bodyof the bowl, the inner diameter of said ring being substantially thesame as that of said lining and registering vtherewith in the assembledcondition of the parts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARCHIE H. STRONG.. Witnesses:

L. H. GROTE, IVILLIAM ABBE.

